Thread: What do you do with a robot at the end of the season?
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Re: What do you do with a robot at the end of the season?
Demos, fundraising and driver's practice.
Robots are the perfect visual aid for getting students excited about STEM, fundraising and keeping our students excited about robots when they get to drive them!

We keep those that are good for demos. 2013 and 2016 are great demo robots because they fit in more vehicles and play nice. 2014 fits in the mini-vans and likes to play ball with kids.

2016 already did one demo and the kids had a great time playing ball with her. We will also visit some sponsors and do some fundraising with her soon. She is in maintenance to handle the rigors of demos, but will remain mostly the same until after the off-season events in the Fall and then become a dedicated demo robot.

2015 did not fit easily in vehicles and no one was fond of him, he was cannibalized for parts for our practice bot this year.

We don't have a lot of space and are currently working on a new home for 2012. And, we will finally dissemble 2010 this summer, because he lost his home.
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